Strategic BD & Operations Associate - Life Sciences

Tempus AI, Inc.; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 70,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Tempus AI, Inc. in Chicago is seeking an Associates level BD professional to support the business development team in securing partnerships with biopharma and academic accounts.

You will draft client proposals, coordinate across teams, and help execute go-to-market activities while building relationships and tracking KPIs. The role offers a pathway to growth within a fast-moving life sciences tech firm.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of pharma, biotech, or consulting experience with a track record of strong execution.
• Customer-facing experience, preferably in BD, client services, or consulting.
• Strong written communication skills, with experience drafting client-facing materials or proposals.
• Comfort operating in a fast-paced, ambiguous environment, managing shifting priorities and incomplete information across multiple concurrent projects.
• Preferred: Oncology, diagnostics, CDx, NGS, or multi-omics exposure.

Responsibilities

• Support BD team in developing partnership opportunities with biopharma and academic accounts.
• Draft and refine client-facing proposals, contracts, and written communications for Life Science Sequencing/CDx business.
• Execute commercial marketing activities including nurture campaigns, conferences/webinar planning, collateral, and website content.
• Source biotech and research targets by researching companies, institutions, contacts, assets, and pipeline areas.
• Conduct strategic and market analysis to support differentiators and marketing materials.
• Collaborate across commercial, medical, product, regulatory, and lab teams to implement go-to-market strategies.
• Identify opportunities to improve operational processes for customer engagement, outreach, retention, and KPI tracking.
• Report daily operational challenges with Operations, Account Management, Product & Engineering, and assist in testing new features.
• Coordinate and maintain relationships with operational stakeholders across partner organizations.
• Manage tracking, documentation, and execution of milestones for key strategic projects to bring new offerings to market.

Skills

Customer-facing experience

Strong written communication

Ability to manage shifting priorities

Exposure to oncology/diagnostics (pref

Education

BS/MS in life sciences (preferred)

Job description

Tempus AI, Inc. in Chicago is seeking an Associates level BD professional to support the business development team in securing partnerships with biopharma and academic accounts.

You will draft client proposals, coordinate across teams, and help execute go-to-market activities while building relationships and tracking KPIs. The role offers a pathway to growth within a fast-moving life sciences tech firm.